Yelp Inc. operates a platform that connects people with local businesses in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company's platform covers various local business categories, including restaurants, shopping, beauty and fitness, arts, entertainment and events, home and local services, health, nightlife, travel and hotel, auto, and others. It provides free and paid advertising products to businesses, as well as enables businesses to deliver targeted search advertising to local audiences through its Website and mobile application; and business listing products. The company's Yelp platform enables consumers to order flowers, purchase event tickets, and book spa and salon appointments. In addition, it offers Yelp Deals that allow local business owners to create promotional discounted deals for their products and services; and Gift Certificates products for local business owners to sell full-price gift certificates directly to customers through their business listing pages. Further, the company provides other services comprising Yelp Reservations that provide restaurants, nightlife, and other venues with the ability to offer online reservations directly from their Yelp business listing pages; and Yelp Nowait, a subscription-based waitlist management solution that allows consumers to check wait times and join waitlists remotely, as well as businesses to manage seating and server rotation. Its other services also include WiFi Marketing product for businesses to create on-premises WiFi access for customers and advertise products on the WiFi log-in page, as well as collect contact and social media information from customers. The company offers its products directly through its sales force; indirectly through partners; and online through its Website. Yelp Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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Yelp (NYSE:YELP) Frequently Asked Questions

What is Yelp's stock symbol?

Yelp trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "YELP."

How will Yelp's stock buyback program work?

Yelp announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Friday, August 4th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 7.9% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

How were Yelp's earnings last quarter?

Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 8th. The local business review company reported $0.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.08 by $0.09. The local business review company had revenue of $241.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $245.55 million. Yelp had a return on equity of 1.34% and a net margin of 18.04%. The company's revenue was up 8.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.29 EPS. View Yelp's Earnings History.

When is Yelp's next earnings date?

What guidance has Yelp issued on next quarter's earnings?

Yelp updated its FY 2018 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $938-942 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $963.02 million.Yelp also updated its Q4 2018 guidance to EPS.

What price target have analysts set for YELP?

22 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Yelp's shares. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate Yelp's share price to reach $40.2430 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Yelp.

What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Yelp?

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Yelp in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 11 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Yelp.

What are Wall Street analysts saying about Yelp stock?

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Yelp stock:

1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Yelp is increasingly benefiting from its Home and Local services. The company introduced new advertising products and features to better serve customers. The launch of Yelp Verified, a new paid offering, will help boost revenue growth in the Home & Local Services category. Additionally, diversification in the company’s go-to-market strategy owing to growth in self-serve, national and third-party sales channels is a positive. Further, the acquisition of Eat24 business by GrubHub provides the company with a better return on investment. Shares outperfromed the industry in the past one year. However, as Yelp is highly dependent on advertising revenues, a decline in user growth does not bode well." (1/6/2019)

Has Yelp been receiving favorable news coverage?

News stories about YELP stock have been trending very positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Yelp earned a news sentiment score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the local business review company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Are investors shorting Yelp?

Yelp saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 11,127,824 shares, a drop of 18.3% from the December 14th total of 13,617,105 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,687,585 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.6 days. Approximately 14.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Yelp's Current Options Chain.

Which major investors are selling Yelp stock?

YELP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including American Trust Investment Advisors LLC, TB Alternative Assets Ltd. and Personal Capital Advisors Corp. Company insiders that have sold Yelp company stock in the last year include Alan Ramsay, Geoffrey L Donaker, Jeremy Stoppelman and Joseph R Nachman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Yelp.

How do I buy shares of Yelp?

Shares of YELP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

What is Yelp's stock price today?

One share of YELP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.27.

How big of a company is Yelp?

Yelp has a market capitalization of $3.01 billion and generates $846.81 million in revenue each year. The local business review company earns $152.85 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.07 on an earnings per share basis. Yelp employs 5,323 workers across the globe.

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